"Greens are hard"

So say a lot of people, but it is not something that I particularly worry about. I know I don’t do a lot of green sketches but never think ‘greens are hard’ when I do – perhaps mixing greens from your yellows and blues help a lot as I know there will be harmony when I do this. However, lately I have been in a green mood – I used a lot of DS Sap Green in Tasmania and then I have bought another green paint tube! And then the icing on the cake is that one of the Super5 inks is a green!

This morning I did a “pre-architectural-illustration-work” warmup sketching using 3 different green inks and my new mystery DS green paint.

The three different greens were quite different – the Super5 Dublin is a muted green (dare I say it an Australian green) while the De Atramentis green are rather saturated and bright. As for my crazy new DS paint…. I will tell you later after I have done some more testing.

Why is it that now I finally have coloured ink that is permanent, I want to dry to dissolve it? I have no idea why, but hey, that is what I am doing! I am spraying water onto the ink when it is just on the page and still wet and then drawing into the water. The De A ink spreads a lot more than the Super5.

And if you are interested this is the type of illustration work I was doing today – very neat work – so this craziness is somewhat different from what I settled down to do!

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My, how I miss our weekly foundations class! I love following your post.I have learned so much from you. I think most especially to be free and try and not worry why. Thank you. As to that green, could it possibly be Daniel Smith Apatite Green? I absolutely love it!

I am also missing the class! It was such a thrill to open my email every Wednesday morning and find a new lesson, and then to learn so much by working with each concept. At least we get to enjoy, and learn from, your daily posts. Thank you!

Add me to the list of 'missing your classes'. I learned so much and had many a-ha! moments. I'm going to go back and re-do each lesson to make sure I really remember it all. I'm looking forward to your next on-line class adventure!Serpentine Genuine?